$10m-$19.9m

The UBC bioprinting spinout will use part of the funding to progress two of its projects towards commercialisation.

Retail brand reputation management business Soci has completed its series C round, having previously received series A capital from Stanford's Daper Fund.

Cloud-based audio transcription service Otter.ai won the backing of Duke University Innovation Fund and NTT Docomo Ventures in its latest round.

Yale-founded P2 Science, which produces chemicals from clean feedstocks like vegetable oil, secured funding from investors including Elm Street Ventures to take its total to about $23.3m.

SoftBank has led a $103m series B round for the IoT network and hub developer, a spinout of Stanford, that made up one of two rounds it has raised.

University Hospital Tübingen's liver disease treatment spinout HepaRegenix has raised $21.6m in all following a series B round that will fund trials of its first candidate.

Stanford spin-out Ayasdi receives $10.25m in series A financing for launch from Khosla Ventures and FLOODGATE.

Germany-based media company Bertelsmann and the university venturing fund it recently backed have joined venture firms Kapor Capital, Novak Biddle Venture Partners and Greylock Partners backing the on-line university network.

US-based internet university company Coursera nets the funds from venture firms, as it signs up top US universities like Princeton and Stanford offering courses for free.